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Here are a few snaps from a few assignments I have done over the last few months. I will continue working on keeping weekly, but at least monthly updates of my exploits…

A participant in the Terrain Racing Mud Run Obstacle Race makes his way through one of many obstacles along the course at Fort Tuthill County Park Saturday. Runners could choose either a 5k or 10k course that features up to 20 obstacles ranging from mud pits and monkey bars to rope ladders and walls to climb.

A participant in the Terrain Racing Mud Run Obstacle Race crawls under a barricade through a pit filled with muddy water Saturday.

Bicyclists take off from the starting line for the 15th annual Pepsi-Cola Century Ride to benefit Flagstaff Medical Center’s Taylor House Saturday morning.

Gretchen Hall throws a large wooden pole end-over-end during the caber toss competition at the annual Arizona Highland Celtic Festival held at Foxglenn Park Saturday. The tow-day event continues Sunday.

Wendy Beaver of the Celtic Re-enactment Organization for Fellowship and Trades shows Chase Muench, 7, how to use an Inkle Loom to weave a small belt during the 18th annual Arizona Highland Celtic Festival Saturday.

Connor Lachowski, 7, throws handfuls of cooked oatmeal at a large target in the Celtic Kids Corner area of the annual Arizona Highland Celtic Festival Saturday. The two-day event continues Sunday at Foxglenn Park in Flagstaff.

Players from the Northern Arizona High School Rugby Club, play an exhibition game Saturday at the 18th annual Arizona Highland Celtic Festival.

A large trash pile occupies an empty lot in Flagstaff. Although the city has bulk trash collection days each month, some residents illegally dump their bulk items behind businesses or residential areas, others simply miss the days or are unaware of where and how to leave bulk items causing large piles of trash to sit near the curb until the next bulk collection day the following month.

West Flag Little Leagues Nick Lopez slides into home during game action against Winslow Friday.

The WFLL Red Sox and Giants shake hands after the final game of the championship Saturday afternoon.

A Guardian Air helicopter prepares to land in a field on McMillan Mesa before a ceremony Monday afternoon to dedicate a pair of commemorative benches installed along the FUTS trail near Turquoise Drive. The benches and an accompanying plaque are a memorial for the two medical helicopters that crashed near the area in 2008.

Smoke from a managed fire operation being conducted by the Coconino National Forest rises over a field near Mormon Lake.

A firefighter with the Coconino National Forest sits near large power lines while monitoring a managed fire operation near Mormon Lake Wednesday afternoon.

Children and counselors sit under a giant rainbow parachute at the Flagstaff Athletic Club Summer Day Camp Tuesday afternoon.

Ambreal Selestewa, 7, waters her family’s plot with her mother Kylene Selestewa at the Bonito Street Community Garden Monday afternoon.

Howard McAnly, a volunteer at the Flagstaff Family Food Center, waits for customers to arrive to collect their donated food boxes.